THE EARTHQUAKE AT QUITO.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 705, 10 August 1859, Page 5

THE EARTHQUAKE AT QUITO.

fdllb^in^ytaLil^'bfthe recent, e^rthfuake^ at/Quito;, Sotit'li AiiierKja;'."'/ .'"^ 7'^;'.;;.. ' ,|vi .'w''<,v,:.\ ''F^Bm^djfler^ has; received'^ liHearns th'at^tße dreadful eartliquate! which 1 wasTMt" iif Hjiis'city on ttie'^nd'of llpnjj^ has a caused ternble£"disaster ; and V|rjr,_.l>inient:£ible losses/itf't^ neij&boiirmg^ 6f'-jjeon;, aha amongst the' towns of Lat,ae.iiT)ga.i the, earth quake, in. all,cities, and r settlement^ „of' ,the, r beautiful* province ,of^lmbaKp^reViihe,;'(^ei;kiiß/'pF'. which have, nbfc.bee'n.'as,yefc|jyceiv6d';.,but,,w'e shall' Hasten.. fcdV'inake ,them.public.as ..'aoonas'jp.ossibleif lit ;pTa'ce,ln l.h'e.' P.rc^ sent' tiumber^tP' the' /f'r.oin J 'tKp ■ 4'JSl,' AL> tesanpj <'wh-ich; gives, afc acoou^jrin'ti.e Jnxanner; 01' the ' ofScial communications■aiiayavipus'spiuyate. letters, oj[' ft ths'.lamenfca I ble r state to' wfeicH -^h'afc oit^-is' n^wVredueeaj'aM ftiie"m6'urri'fui'cPnSi'tion'of ; its un-. happy, inhabitants :—• •, * ■. „.''Th^,p>TO^t.ahi labour of .man mingled together,;' during many'c"enturiei.,jai)d tranpfoviped/into: sump r , : tupu&.tepp^esjv have;just : been aemoiishecl, ; by ; .one;ipf tiipse, ter,i:i)ale.co.nvulsions,pf the., partli. which ,fromi witn COTSJ;e i niatjpn. ( :.. {/^: • >fI j -iL-T?/,-r,"?f--.u* : ;; fri-v;' c\"'"i „, " AJ.few,..se.con.ds 7 hay.fe teen t-jto. cast^to tJ^e : /jearpt^|;^e. >i^g^fic^njt.,]iYP^k's,. of, jarchitectuje. wHii^SverAjth^' glory, and.pride of the.ppulent.Quito.j Jj^^esterd^'th'^p'n^p^iyCa^^^^^ in.tte mornipg,. after a s.Hght:>atmospheric, detpna- ; tipn,"JHe.most..violent .moyements.of the earth;w.erfr fel,^"'in'w ( liiQjiit^as se^n.:that[|he c ;:city?had.-reacb:ed, i^las^^eud.,,.^,1, ')'/>' i ir:l \ '<^1~-f' y , or <„y.i\:' -^v-fv:. ', (^The( ,y.oice^. .of man, ysras,,ljushed.in/his fOrdinary t; •affaire, \-.\ and ■ ) bitter,; ) i^men^tations / .;andf i prayers;otp, Heaven ascended in the midst pf : the;quivering,of; thejearth^the. .sijnd.^nng o|:.mountains v ani'te ing, l'eportsj^f^^,tKe j tpwers / and. ( cppola3pf.the jempjes' arijd of;, thej, and 'jyails^^as,they, fell ; tp. the, earth;; s iecpnds. w.ere,.. sufiScient , ; to. ireduce.j tpj ij.uins'iitlie^niVud'ledinc'eS/vwjiiclvtheA ofj manhaa.raised.up.<m f the^quuse of ,niatiyj^ong.ye u avßV; j^f,'; jh js .euiinently;,ca,tholic] city,^though^- hardlyj cHris^ianizgd', pvostrateSji^o./tha^ea^fetperb^apa foj; 5 t»'ofre^e^,'io!ud|y, ji niplo'i-^jthe. clemency .p£ Qffenjde.d "As soon as the convulsions of the ear^h> ceased,. a >^g)v^h9rrifyjuig^and o tfind i «r ri ..sc,e.ne,,.tpojv,,;^ spp xfg.johjevjffir^ '.TKe ipaV^tV- so.ugli.t ftb,ejr. ; scat-. ; tqred .c^l^ren.- j.jthese^ in'tt)ie_ir turn, their : gare»is;:j rtiexnbe^'s* 'of v'familje.s~ impjoire,d; : one; anptier ;s^wit)i( y'eKeni^nt ! , J iin'th.e' > midst J of r itie. l .weepin confusion.^,if hoping.tliat ihey' might finite,.,toge,-, tli^rj sp.^al ong.^p^t ,might; serve thbm r f,or.^a cpm?-, n sepuit^ive',^r^ii3 Qpngpljatipn, sheddiijg.jtears, Vj( 'f.|ler^iS ( 9^f ? sus^anied,jjn ( ,.their !^rmsdisma^e.a an^' | s ag^d,, p^'opje, y virgins, whpge, sj^gn»|h,had.|esertiß| t^era^furtherj on,were,tp be, sgea.grpups'.pf Bar^fl^.'jan|f ; '.mte.r^ twjned.iarmsi'el^re'ssed'^ ;'; , t 'jAs. S;9pn;as p}l&? w.a.^%]''*'t'^.9^ m °hM^Q l?e^PgS? t went r pu| ( ;tpjjexam^ne{";^ rjas?edr,byj lfeeliflg ; of,, bje^thing, ;tjb,e -fypb of;• .thg r^{nVo^ l^e! "temnl;e v ,., i Hejejt^ <$ tati6ri'&bra'amp.pg^ ; "\Ther,e4s np^an wli yfe h^;np ( t ! su|[l ejedr ( and many 'Afiffflli $h&m* I^^ iis%d. Vj ''|Lh,e, cathej,i;al"km.utilijfced^andj.ione ..part ' of;: itsj ,ba J^tr^aes^feil, |o qnd,.. ; th.e i , : place. wh'jch[jVVftp| 11$$ aU.'e9cie^a^tic^c9ui;t{(a,\s.p lfl?t% its,best^ajfj andithe;^q^ai&lS;ia,-M^Wran ]HB?»i the^iej^pl.e, pfhtlije JA'^gustin^Jp^ its, Erjnci^al cjipo.la, ",'^n d • the- tower, ;^d .angle/jcjf its .clpiste,c.;- j^Jtie. main "part, * which formed r j, tj|,e,.|rorit,;'and, .cupplaj iea^ingjf?e^ral_;pjei^{|ns l .io,^t^rjiins,,!wbp-;in -cons^uencejf^jis.'im^e^t^.jt.iSijimjp^^ cVv ; er/Cunti) )U aftet-Jsp^,|ay,By; ofjilabour,; ; . Of the ' te^mpt?; b^i^'^^ißi^^i^M^JW^F^K two jangles' qf r the .priiiqigal^cpuvt. ■ i '^)id t .. i p^o t ■($ ifae diii't^d^n^l'ftWn,". ija f^ns ! e^i}ep.9^jof : jthe ''?<V 119?.^fS^fl Canrien ls'greatly injurea'," the'great bars' of jrpn wlwqb^upport^diitgiangjes^hayeifallen:,.^^^^^ damaged', )^(CH^ fiWfll^ ] ?pni ) e,cp n p^ J cePMaod i theMta % f/jV^thJ la^ .t^^ tgmpk ot Sari Francisco were found to be greaUy^damag^d, gn^f«,#4'Wo,*;%|?W^ .W uMifech, ;0f,,%■ c^tg.de'^llpniinigfls isj^pmple^ly.^i^ed.i^ 0 ,/ aK ) oi VijQsfsibe'lpn.blicj.eilifie.efi. thejwallslot1 tEe.feprhpaily at the corner of the San FranriscO:,plaee are cuinedv < an"d~thTTtile¥^nrl^^ ; the transacting. ofWe ' Wmf «S[ffJfa?P 1)1>e" 1! ! palacff.itffcbffiplytfe.ly ihjin'^;:i'iiiiiitWOt cabinet§Vft« • well'jaa^herarcHiep'isdoiiaVpaUop.JiTliciHjhll^sresand j chapls^r^lllleft'iu gieater oi le&S'Xuiri.-iiVye.ebnV i

iclude this faithful accountby'statingthat, although i there are- a'few'House's --not crtniplet'ely desWoyei^ there is not a snigle.pneAwhich doea .not demand immediate repair. , ..,, r •,.,.,,...,,. j jf'The' number 'o'i* vic;tims ascertained "up'i'o this imornent is :very:: small;'and does'ritft-exceed "teii iperaohs1 wlib! have 'perished timler the rititis.:' ■'■ ■ir. ■ j "From-some-accounts' Which we have received1: •from adjacent. places, .we Uearri ithat»the!''.city of Machachi,.-is, destroyed,.as alsoi f .the- towns, of^t^e; ?north^Peru'scT/Pqm^ |ding the habitations 'of the" neldsi/f^W'g'rare 'etv^n jignorant of the number of persons wHamight haye jbeen in the towns, and even of ..the^niotiye.cause^of fso lamentable a catastrophe. -..; l^v ...'.'-'"'\'-! l '.'i i .<* I "We will hereafter^ as, we^ liavei ...promised) give imore detailed accounts of the..injuries,-which'' have from the earthquake in the' towns of ithe